February, 2012

• 24 February

  Bulgaria supports Serbia’s EU integration

  Bulgaria declared Thursday its support for granting Serbia an official EU candidate member statute. The country followed in the footsteps of France, Italy and Austria, who made similar moves earlier during the day. The support was voiced by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov: “Bulgaria endorses Serbia for receiving

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• 23 February

  Austria, France and Italy issued joint plea to open the EU door for Serbia

  Austria, France and Italy have issued a joint plea to open the EU door to Serbia at a summit next week. In a note Wednesday to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreign ministers from the three

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• 23 February

  Five Russian Tu-22 bombers passed close by over the Black Sea on Wednesday

  Five Russian strategic bombers have raised alert with the Bulgarian and Turkish Air Forces after flying close by over the Black Sea on Wednesday. The five Russian Tu-22 bombers were detected right

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• 23 February

  Greek parliament approved debt writedown with private creditors

  The Greek parliament approved Thursday a law on a historic 107-billion-euro debt writedown with private creditors, a key element in a new eurozone bailout designed to avoid default.

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• 23 February

  Greek politicians discuss emergency legislation

  GREEK MPs are debating emergency legislation to approve a massive bond swap that would shave €107bn off the country’s privately held debt. Parliament will vote on the proposed deal, which has already been approved at committee level. The governing coalition controls a strong enough majority to pass the law. The …

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• 23 February

  German FM visits Serbia

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday and meet with senior Serbian officials. Westerwelle will discuss the forthcoming decision of the European Council concerning Serbia’s EU membership candidate status and the dialog between Belgrade and Priština. Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday, where he will meet with …

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• 23 February

  Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continues on second day

  The Belgrade-Priština dialogue continued Thursday at 10:00 CET. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović has said that he is ready for another day of hard talks. “We will fight till the end to find a solution in the framework of Resolution 1244, the Constitution

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• 23 February

  1991 war crimes trial for eastern Croatia continues

  Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians

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• 22 February

  Serbian President not optimist about EU candidate status

  Serbian President Boris Tadić said in Belgrade on Wednesday that he “cannot express optimism” when it comes to Serbia’s chances of being made a candidate for EU membership. The European Union is to announce its decision

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• 22 February

  Moldova: Four presidential candidates under discussion

  Moldova’s Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party are discussing four presidential candidates. According to Prime Minister Vlad Filat

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